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#3AA5FF

#3aa5ff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#3aa5ff is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 22.75% red, 64.71% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.25% cyan, 35.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 207.41°, with 100% saturation and 61.37% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.11.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3503

Complementary

  1. #3aa5ff
  2. #ff943a

Split complementary

  1. #3aa5ff
  2. #ff3a42
  3. #fff63a

Analogous

  1. #3afff6
  2. #3aa5ff
  3. #3a42ff

Triadic

  1. #3aa5ff
  2. #ff3aa5
  3. #a5ff3a

Tetradic

  1. #3aa5ff
  2. #943aff
  3. #ff943a
  4. #a5ff3a

Square

  1. #3aa5ff
  2. #f63aff
  3. #ff943a
  4. #42ff3a

Monochromatic

  1. #0057a0
  2. #0080ec
  3. #3aa5ff
  4. #86c8ff
  5. #d3ebff

Shades

#3aa5ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3aa5ff
  2. #3495e6
  3. #2e84cc
  4. #2974b3
  5. #236399
  6. #1d5380
  7. #174266
  8. #11324d
  9. #0c2133
  10. #06111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#3aa5ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3aa5ff
  2. #4eaeff
  3. #61b7ff
  4. #75c0ff
  5. #89c9ff
  6. #9dd2ff
  7. #b0dbff
  8. #c4e4ff
  9. #d8edff
  10. #ebf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3aa5ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3aa5ff
  2. #41a1f2
  3. #489ee6
  4. #4f9ad9
  5. #5696cc
  6. #5d93c0
  7. #648fb3
  8. #6b8ba6
  9. #728799
  10. #79848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a2cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7baaff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5e98fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #67a8ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #529dfe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3aa5ff {
  color: #3aa5ff;
}
Background
.bg-3aa5ff {
  background-color: #3aa5ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3aa5ff {
  border: 2px solid #3aa5ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3aa5ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 58 165 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 100% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3aa5ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3aa5ff, #3a42ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3aa5ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(58 165 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.11 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.99 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.63 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.93 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.01 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.26 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.69 #c55a00 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#3aa5ff  rgb(58, 165, 255)  hsl(207, 100%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#ff943a  rgb(255, 148, 58)  hsl(27, 100%, 61%)  Dark Orange
#ff3aa5  rgb(255, 58, 165)  hsl(327, 100%, 61%)  Wild Strawberry
#a5ff3a  rgb(165, 255, 58)  hsl(87, 100%, 61%)  Green Yellow